{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases/arizona-vfw-endorses-phoenix-va-congressional-oversight-act", "Arizona VFW Endorses the \"Phoenix VA Congressional Oversight Act\"", "2018-10-04", "2018", "2018-10", "Republican", "House", "AZ", "Andy Biggs", "B001302", "biggs.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "GILBERT, ARIZONA  Today, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of Arizona, announced their endorsement for H.R. 7013  the Phoenix VA Congressional Oversight Act.Jim Ellars, National Legislative Officer in Arizona, released the following letter of endorsement:\nThe Honorable Andy Biggs\n\tMember of Congress\n\t1626 Longworth House Office Building\n\tWashington, D.C. 20515\nCongressman Biggs, \nThe Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), Department of Arizona, is very much engaged in developing more comprehensive and responsive systems  and means  within the Veterans Administration (VA) Health Care System to deal with the direct, real time health treatment, management, and processing for patients. These needs are vital processes between the provider and the patient that enable the best health care outcome. I believe that Congress's oversight role is tied directly to, and a critical component of, the provider's ability to make smart personal treatment decisions based on individual needs rather than predetermined checklist filters. \nA key provision of all three of those needs is for the patient to be able to access those entities that are directly responsible for accessing the system and who have the authority to make more personal responses to individual issues within the system. I believe that the Phoenix VA Congressional Oversight Act' is a good first step to making such a provision within the VA Health Care System a reality. Therefore, the VFW, Department of Arizona, is pleased to endorse the act. \nSincerely, \nJim Ellars, National Legislative Officer\n\tVeterans of Foreign Wars\n\tDepartment of Arizona\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases/arizona-vfw-endorses-phoenix-va-congressional-oversight-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6369158402085304, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}